Quincy - Oh dear!

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I've got a lot of respect for the man as an artist, producer, arranger etc. But, IMO, this article does him no favours! Seems it's in our DNA that the older we get, the grumpier we get... at least, some of us!

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Ringo comes back and says, “George, can you play it back for me one more time?” So George did, and Ringo says, “That didn’t sound so bad.” And I said, “Yeah, motherf****r because it ain’t you.” Great guy, though.

Edited February 9 by lemmywinks

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I think it's possible his judgement is impaired by illness but I also think it's possible he just doesn't care , he's done it all , nothing to prove and slightly unaware of how stuff circulates in this digital age and I found it quite refreshing hearing someone talking that openly not to mention some of the best anecdotes I've ever heard . I say fairplay Quincy

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I think it's possible his judgement is impaired by illness but I also think it's possible he just doesn't care , he's done it all , nothing to prove and slightly unaware of how stuff circulates in this digital age and I found it quite refreshing hearing someone talking that openly not to mention some of the best anecdotes I've ever heard . I say fairplay Quincy

I must say, I agree, very funny interview (The full Vulture version). The Ringo story is a corker.

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It's not so much the stories of his experience with various artists that makes me think he may be losing it, but his story about dating Ivanka Trump and his claims about the Kennedy assassination seem a bit far fetched.

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I know that his comments on the Beatles and Michael Jackson are going to upset some fans, but he has his point of view. You have to admit that both this and the GQ interviews were pretty badass and that he is possibley the most indiscreet man on the planet.

I found the 'Ghetto Gump' (his words) stuff fascinating and some of the more outlandish claims might seem unbelievable, but are have already been collaborated (by Richard Pryor's widow etc).

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Interesting and totally understandable. He spent his life working with top tier pros who could read a chart in a second and who could play anything. Would hate to have been Ringo when he realised. Refreshing in this era of PC strangulation.

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And does anyone really hear anything of "State of Independance" in "Billy Jean" ?

The opening bars are the Bass line notes., although slower in 'Billie Jean'

Then there are these elements (below) from a post elsewhere. But certainly, I wouldn't call it a Rip-Off, maybe influenced ?

"The plucky synth riff (panned to the left) is exactly the same as the Billie Jean riff, expect the first note in Billie Jean is up the octave. The riff in Billie Jean is slower too. There's enough difference in the songs that it's definitely not worthy of calling the whole song a rip though".﻿

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Is he though ? I have not seen him advertised doing gigs at Butlins Soul Weekends.

He seems to always be popping up on US television shows, gala appearances, well just about anything. So still a regarded personality, plus the internet/social media is littered with this story.

Over at 'Discogs', he has fifteen pages of credits with albums and film scores/cues still being released and re released. Also, It was only eighteen months ago that there was a BBC Proms concert of his material and achievements at a sold out Albert Hall.

Depending on what review you read, his net worth over the last two/three years is quite substantial. (although it seems to vary from between $300 and $450 million).